Cover Stories
Many fathers, including myself, know the feeling: a strange and heady mix of joy, wonder, and fear, brought on by the first meeting with our progeny. We went into the hospital as supportive partners for …
Video:COVER: Kooks & Chaos; revisiting Tom Wolfe's The Pump House Gang on La Jolla ShoresIn 1965, the writer Tom Wolfe visited a beach in La Jolla, looking to shine a light on The Youth of …
A powerful blow to the side of my head sent me sprawling on the sidewalk. Then a strong hand seized the back of my pants and lifted me up from the sidewalk. About that time, …
“It’s never gonna get easier, losing her. It just gets a little different, every day.”— Aaron Babbitt, widower of Ashli BabbittOn January 6 of 2023, Ashli Babbitt’s mother Mickie Witthoeft was arrested in Washington, D.C. for …
You are more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by someone you don’t. The latest FBI statistics show that fewer than 10% of the 20,000 people who were murdered in the United …
It’s an evening in early October, and Charli King, co-founder of Pawsitive Teams, is opening a new class for dog owners, canines in tow, who aspire to help people in need. That need is great …
The message arrived via my Tijuana Adventure Instagram on a Friday afternoon: “Any chance of a tour tomorrow?” A bit short notice, but I was free and quoted the fellow my price, which proved acceptable.“I’m …
[Note: None of this actually happened. Well, some of it did.]Scene: The dated and faded but still warm and inviting interior of the office of Dr. Walter Mencken, Doctor of Psychiatric and Career Restoration. There is …
There’s a hilltop house in Cardiff, at 959 Cornish Drive, that is not like the others in the tony seaside neighborhood. The house itself resembles a giant box, light yellow in color, with the front …
Twenty-five-year-old Morgan Kean wanted to live downtown because “it’s where all the action is. I’m a young San Diegan, and there’s so much to do in the area.” When she made the decision to move …
When I told people I was doing a story on San Diego’s alcohol industry, almost everyone asked what angle I would take on our vibrant craft beer community. “I’m actually writing about our local distillers,” …
Ilustration by Oleh Kuzminskyi, Getty ImagesThe Nutcracker1100 Third AvenueDowntownThere are many, many Nutcrackers out there. If you haven’t seen this one, then maybe it’s time. The day may come when the San Diego Civic Theatre …
On October 22, the San Diego Union-Tribune published a story with the headline, “Woman rescued after being stuck in cave in East County for 16 hours.” The story related that the woman, 29, was “in …
I discovered WWoofing back in 2012 when I spent a day picking kale at the <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/places/morning-star-ranch/">Morning Star Ranch</a> in Valley Center for a story on Farmers Markets. The ranch belonged to the Twelve Tribes, …
In 2005, my brother Russ and I launched a couple of kayaks into the Sea of Cortez and paddled out to inter our father’s ashes off Punta Willard in Bahia de San Luis Gonzaga. After …
I’ve been going to the San Diego County fair for decades, and in that time, I’ve seen so many things. But one of my standout memories remains the time I was walking through the hobby …